More than a dozen giant octopuses appeared together, and the scene was quite astonishing. Huge waves were set off, countless tentacles were like a gloomy jungle, and the sky seemed to be darkened. If the church fleet was not protected by a holy light barrier, it would probably have been overturned in that moment.
However, even if they were not defeated immediately, their situation was definitely not much better.
The newly arranged formation of a dozen ships was suddenly disrupted. Except for the priest who flew up, everyone else on the boat lost their balance and clung to everything they could hold on to prevent being thrown against the barrier and having their internal organs smashed out.
However, as the only armor protecting them, the holy light barrier also trembled slightly, flickering on and off under the slap of waves and tentacles. From a distance, the entire fleet looks like a string of poorly connected light bulbs floating in the sea that may go out at any time.
"This... this is impossible!"
On the ship, the bishop in charge looked in disbelief. He turned his head and looked angrily at the crew members and sailors who claimed to be experienced. However, he discovered that the navigation "experts" hired by the church who spent a lot of money were now more frightened than the priest.
He immediately flew into the cabin, grabbed the captain who was clinging to the door frame, and asked anxiously: "Why is this happening? Didn't you say that there cannot be any hordes of large monsters in this sea area?"
"I... I don't know."
Suddenly, the bishop was so angry that he threw all clergy training behind him and showed a ferocious expression: "You don't know?"
The captain was shocked and frightened, and his whole red face was squeezed together: "I really don't know... We have been at sea for so many years and passed by here so many times. We have never encountered such a situation... Mr. Bishop, Please spare me..."
"A bunch of trash!"
The bishop let go of his hand, threw the captain aside, and immediately flew out of the cabin.
Outside the cabin, the priests gathered together and tried to fight back against the newly emerged giant octopus. The bishop quickly stopped them and used the magic of amplification to send an order, asking everyone to gather their strength to protect the barrier.
"Hold the barrier! No matter what, we must not let them break the barrier!"
The bishop knew very well that the speed of waving those tentacles was much faster than their flight. If the barrier is broken, the entire fleet does not know how many people can escape from the attack of the giant octopus.
Only holding the barrier is their only hope at this moment.
Looking out from their perspective, they couldn't see how many octopuses were around them. They could only see densely packed tentacles dancing like crazy. Under the bishop's order, all the priests also woke up and continued to pour holy light into the barrier, finally managing to hold on to their fleet.
The ship shook less violently, and the crew gradually got up. Although they still looked frightened, they had begun to regain their balance. As if brought back from the brink of death, they suddenly discovered that even a dozen giant octopus beasts together could not break through the barrier on the ship.
"Can... can we keep it like this?" someone exclaimed.
However, no matter whether the priest or the bishop, there was still no trace of happiness on their faces.
They see no turnaround.
"Master Bishop, we can only take out the holy objects His Majesty gave us." A priest advised with an anxious look, "If this continues, everyone's mental energy will be exhausted!"
The bishop shook his head.
"No, holy objects are used to deal with infidels."
"But... If this continues, we may not even be able to find the island where the heretics are, and we will die here!"
The bishop frowned, looking at the overwhelming tentacles outside the barrier, he couldn't help but show some hesitation. Around him, more and more priests looked at him asking for help, and eventually they gathered into an invisible pressure that made the bishop change his mind.
He suddenly reached out and reached into the lining pocket of his robe, as if he was going to take something out of it.
However, this is the moment.
"Roar!"
An extremely loud roar suddenly came from the body of the giant octopus, and everyone in the fleet was stunned. Then, they suddenly found that all the tentacles stopped, like puppets that suddenly lost their controller, and froze in place, motionless.
The rising waves also subsided.
"This is… "
The priests were surprised, and the bishop withdrew his right hand from his pocket. However, before they could even react, the dozens of octopuses suddenly sank to the bottom of the sea, and within a short time, they completely disappeared from their sight.
Everyone in the fleet was really stunned now.
But in an instant, the war-like sea surface returned to calm. The sky was clear and the water was empty. The bishop looked at it as if nothing had happened.
Except... a few more figures suddenly appeared not far away.
The bishop's expression changed slightly at that moment.
If you look carefully, you will see that they are three guys in strange clothes. One of them was tall and the other two were short. They seemed to be a young man with two children. At first glance, they seemed to be stepping directly on the water. But then the bishop discovered that they were stepping on the back of a turtle-shaped monster, slowly heading towards The fleet is coming.
As if he had thought of something, the bishop's eyes lit up, and then he showed an intriguing expression.
"Who are you, and why do you want to set foot in restricted areas at will?"
The three of them stepped on the turtle's back and soon approached the church's fleet. The young man at the head of the group, with his face painted in oil paint and a foreign aura all over his body, shouted.
Upon seeing this, the bishop hesitated for a moment, then suddenly had someone remove the barrier on the ship and fly straight towards the opponent.
"Excuse me... are you the legendary believers of the goddess?"
His attitude seemed extremely polite, with a kind and pious smile on his face, he nodded slightly towards the three of them, and asked in a soft voice.
The three of them looked at each other and then nodded.
"So that's how admirable it is." The bishop bowed deeply again and said, "You just saved us, right? If it weren't for your appearance, everyone on our ship would probably be buried in the belly of the fish."
The leader nodded and looked a little wary. He hesitated for a moment and then said: "You... you are not from the Holy Light Church, are you?"
When the bishop heard this, he suddenly showed a painful expression.
"We...were expelled by the Holy Light Church, and are even being hunted by them." He sighed and said sadly, "If we can no longer gain a foothold on that continent, why would we take such a big risk? Come to this sea?"
After hearing this explanation, the hostility of the other party seemed to have subsided a lot. The leader touched his chin and murmured: "That's it..."
"Yes, the Holy Light Church will never let go of any traitors." The bishop lowered his head with a sad look on his face. "We have always heard that there is a group of believers of the goddess living overseas, so we went out to sea to search, thinking that we might be able to find a way out."
But the other party shook his head and said: "Our tribe does not welcome outsiders. You accidentally broke into the forbidden area and were besieged by our tribe's sea beasts. You are lucky that we just rescued you. I advise you to leave quickly, otherwise what will happen next If you encounter any danger, I will never save you again."
"Is there really no way to accommodate this? Take us to see your elder. I believe he will understand."
"That's the rule, you'd better go."
When the bishop heard this, a subtle emotion flashed in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke: "Since it's your rule, there's nothing we can do about it. However, you saved our lives, and we hope that at least... at least we can thank you properly."
The other party frowned: "What are you going to do?"
"There is a lot of treasure on the ship, which we brought from the Holy Light Church. If you don't mind, we are willing to give one-third of it to you."
Hearing this, the three people standing on the turtle's back were a little surprised. They exchanged glances with each other. Finally, the leader showed a critical look and spoke slowly:
"The goddess has very high requirements. She never accepts inferior and vulgar things."
"Don't worry, everything we bring out from the Holy Light Church is extremely rare and of amazing value. I believe it will be difficult for you to find it overseas."
The other party nodded and said hesitantly: "Well... In that case, let's take a look first and then talk."
The bishop showed a grateful smile, stretched out his hand, and said slowly: "Then please come with me, I will not let you down."
He turned around and flew towards the boat, followed by the three people who were stepping on the turtle's back, and soon arrived under the boat. The people on the boat put down the ladder, and the three of them climbed up the ladder.
And the moment they boarded the ship...
"Evil heretics, now you can no longer use evil magic to control monsters!"
The bishop turned around, put away the harmless look on his face, and his eyes were filled with hatred. And around him, countless priests surrounded him, each holding a strange cross in his hand and muttering something.
At that moment, an invisible light film appeared around the three people, wrapping them up and isolating all mental energy.
The expressions of the three people changed drastically.
"You... you liar!"
Their hands began to make gestures, as if they were about to cast some strange spell. But no matter how they tried, the flow of mental power could not break through the light film. The turtle-shaped monster parked outside the ship was also hit by countless holy light bombs released by the priest. It was instantly charred and turned into a corpse.
The bishop also smiled triumphantly.
"Give up. Even if you can command the most powerful monsters, you can't do anything under the will of God." He spoke confidently, "Now, tell me the location of your island, otherwise..."
"No, otherwise what?"
The leader looked frightened, shrank back, and asked hesitantly.
The bishop smiled: "Otherwise, I will let you feel what it will be like to be roasted by the Holy Light from the outside to the inside bit by bit."
Hearing this, the three of them all looked frightened. After all, they were not very old, especially the two children, a boy and a girl, who were trembling all over and closing their eyes, like fish waiting to be slaughtered on a chopping board.
The bishop looked at them coldly.
During the confrontation, the three of them obviously could not withstand the strong pressure from the bishop, and the leader surrendered after a while.
"Okay... I, I will show you the way."
Hearing this, the bishop nodded, showing a satisfied yet arrogant expression.
"Very well, obeying God's will is the right choice." He smiled again, "When the cult that believes in the deep-sea banshee is completely wiped out, maybe... I will spare the three of you lives."
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
In this way, the three people were imprisoned in a specially designed prison on the ship. The fleet belonging to the church also adjusted its direction after a brief pause and accelerated towards the south.